Aeza vs Netcup
A detailed comparison to help you choose between Aeza and Netcup.
Quick Verdict
1.9/5
Aeza
0 reviews
4.2/5
Netcup
0 reviews
Netcup is rated higher (4.2 vs 1.9). Aeza offers affordable VPS in Germany, Finland, Netherlands, and Russia. AMD EPYC processors, NVMe storage, and DDoS protection included. Popular in Eastern European developer communities. German hosting company selling low-cost VPS and root servers in Europe, the US and Singapore. Smallest VPS starts at about EUR 2.21/month incl. VAT (12-month contract).
Aeza Sanctioned Russian-owned VPS provider from €1.99/month — OFAC-designated parent (bulletproof hosting) | Netcup German VPS with exceptional price-to-performance | |
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| Overview | ||
| Rating | 1.9 (0 reviews) | 4.2 (0 reviews)✓ |
| Pricing model | paid | paid |
| Starting price | From $1.99/mo✓ | From $2.21/mo |
| Best for | In our view, no business-critical or client-facing workload. The published value is real but is outweighed by the OFAC designations against Aeza Group and its leadership; treat it as a last-resort option only where no compliant alternative is reachable. | European buyers who can run their own Linux server and want maximum cores and RAM per euro, with data residency in Germany, Austria, or the Netherlands |
| Specifications (entry plan) | ||
| CPU cores | — | 2 vCPU |
| RAM | — | 4 GB |
| Storage | — | 64 GB |
| Bandwidth | — | — |
| SLA uptime | — | 99.6% |
| Data-center count | — | 5 |
| €/vCPU/mo | — | €1.10 |
| €/GB RAM/mo | — | €0.55 |
| Features | ||
| IPv6 | ||
| DDoS protection | ||
| Automated backups | ||
| Snapshots | ✓ | |
| Managed option | ||
| Bare metal | ||
| GPU available | ||
| S3-compatible | ||
| Hourly billing | ||
| Free tier | ||
| Data-center locations | ||
| Regions | Vienna, Helsinki, Paris, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Warsaw, Stockholm, London, Charlotte US, Moscow (plus St. Petersburg on aeza.ru) | Germany, Austria, Netherlands, United States, Singapore |
| Tags | ||
| Tags | nvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacenter | hourly billingnvme storageipv6ddos protectionbackups includedeu datacentergdpr compliantwindows available |
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Aeza
Pros
- + Very competitive published specs: €5.93/mo for 2GB RAM, 30GB NVMe, 51.2TB traffic on a 1Gbps port
- + Metered month-to-month pricing with no renewal jumps; hourly billing from about €0.02–0.04/hr
- + Modern hardware (Ryzen 9 9950X-class cores, NVMe, KVM) with IPv4 and /48 IPv6 included
- + 10–11 locations across Europe, the US, and Russia with Tier III claims and 2 Tbps DDoS filtering
- + Crypto payments and minimal-signup registration for privacy-sensitive users
Cons
- - OFAC-sanctioned: Aeza Group designated 1 July 2025 as bulletproof hosting for infostealer, ransomware, and darknet drug infrastructure; leadership on the SDN List
- - U.S. persons prohibited from transacting; secondary-sanctions, payment-processing, and audit/compliance exposure for everyone else
- - IP reputation risk from association with abuse-heavy infrastructure; upstream de-peering or null-routing possible
- - No money-back guarantee, no traditional control panel, and unclearly documented backups/snapshots
- - Published 99.9% uptime has no SLA with credits; user reports mention IP problems, outages, and slow support replies
Netcup
Pros
- + Exceptional hardware per euro — 8 vCore / 16 GB at €26.92/month on a 12-month term
- + Five locations on three continents from one catalog: Nuremberg, Vienna, Amsterdam, Manassas, Singapore
- + DDoS protection, IPv4/IPv6, traffic flat rate, snapshots, and hourly billing included as standard
- + German company with own Nuremberg data centers and GDPR-aligned practice
- + 30-day money-back guarantee on root servers; honest, clearly stated availability guarantees
Cons
- - 99.6% VPS availability guarantee is below the 99.9% many enterprises expect
- - Support, community, and deep documentation are German-first with business-hours ticket support
- - Best headline prices require 12- or 24-month terms; monthly terms cost noticeably more
- - Standard VPS line is unmanaged — managed service is a separate product
- - No free tier; identity verification required at signup; contracts auto-renew with strict notice periods
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